The UK unemployment rate has fallen to its lowest level since 2009, official figures show.
At 7.4%, this is the lowest rate since the February-to-April period in 2009, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said.
The number of people out of work fell by 99,000 to 2.39 million in the three months to October, the ONS said.
Prime Minister David Cameron told MPs the figures showed that “the plan is working”.
Mr Cameron said: “There should not be one ounce of complacency because we have still got work to do to get our country back to work and everyone back in work means greater stability for them, greater ability to plan for their future, greater help for their families.
“But the plan is working, let’s stick at it, and get unemployment down even further.”
But Labour leader Ed Miliband, while welcoming the news, said more people are working part-time because they could not get the hours they need.
This 7.4% rate compares with a figure of 7.6% for the three months to September, and is below the rate analysts had expected.
